Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you delete the email receipt

Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by nindalf on Thursday September 23, 2021 @03:09PM (#28633756)

For example, data on which videos on YouTube I watch are used to personalise my recommendations. My feed becomes subjectively more interesting to me. The ads aren’t personalised because I don’t see any ads. So my data is being used, just for my benefit. Does that make sense?

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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by ssss11 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:45PM (#28635938)

I wonder how many people (excluding those benefitting from the adtech industry) hold the view that they enjoy seeing personalised ads.

My guess is very very few.

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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by petre on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:30PM (#28634886)

I see ads on my Apple TV but they're not personalized, just random food delivery, lots if ads for chips, shampoo and meds, or the usual junk that you see on cable TV. I fail to see how this brings me any benefit.

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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by kreeben on Thursday September 23, 2021 @03:17PM (#28633881)

>> The ads aren’t personalised because I don’t see any ads.

If you're watching YT and think you are not seeing ads, then you're being foiled.

>> So my data is being used, just for my benefit.

Apart from the word "just", I agree.

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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by judge2020 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @03:35PM (#28634142)

> If you're watching YT and think you are not seeing ads, then you're being foiled.

Actually running an ad blocker/paying for Premium means you aren't seeing ads, pushed by Google. Any creator might be showing you sponsorships/product placements of course, and Google has no say in that.

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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by kreeben on Thursday September 23, 2021 @03:55PM (#28634410)

When I say "you're being foiled" I'm not talking about product placements. I'm talking about how Google designs its sorting algorithm for me, on my personalized YT front page and how that assortment challenges me to become involved, enticed even, to view/buy certain things.

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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by shapefrog on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:25PM (#28634814)

So you think google is guiding you, based on your profile based on all the data they have collected on you, to (for example) specific tech product reviews in order to entice you to consume goods at retailer walmart/dell/apple/samsung etc?

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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by kreeben on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:40PM (#28635045)

>> So you think google is

Yes

>> guiding you

Yes

>> based on your profile

Yes

>> based on all the data they have collected on you

Yes

>> in order to entice you to consume goods

Yes

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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by shapefrog on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:44PM (#28635095)

So is that a No to all the relevant bits then?

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Re:Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you d... by kreeben on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:57PM (#28635285)

What relevant bits of of Google's conduct did I fail to address?

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